'educate' definitions:
Definition of 'educate'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'educate'
From: GCIDE
- educate \ed"u*cate\ ([e^]d"[-u]*k[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Educated ([e^]d"[-u]*k[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Educating ([e^]d"[-u]*k[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [L. educatus, p. p. of educare to bring up a child physically or mentally, to educate, fr. educere to lead forth, bring up (a child). See Educe.] To bring up or guide the powers of, as a child; to develop and cultivate, whether physically, mentally, or morally, but more commonly limited to the mental activities or senses; to expand, strengthen, and discipline, as the mind, a faculty, etc.; to form and regulate the principles and character of; to prepare and fit for any calling or business by systematic instruction; to cultivate; to train; to instruct; as, to educate a child; to educate the eye or the taste.
- Syn: To develop; instruct; teach; inform; enlighten; edify; bring up; train; breed; rear; discipline; indoctrinate. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'educate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acculturate,
- advance,
- ameliorate,
- amend,
- better,
- boost,
- brief,
- bring forward,
- bring up,
- broaden the mind,
- catechize,
- civilize,
- coach,
- cultivate,
- demonstrate,
- develop,
- direct,
- discipline,
- drill,
- edify,
- elevate,
- emend,
- enhance,
- enlighten,
- enrich,
- explain,
- fatten,
- favor,
- forward,
- foster,
- give instruction,
- give lessons in,
- go straight,
- ground,
- guide,
- illumine,
- improve,
- improve upon,
- inculcate,
- indoctrinate,
- inform,
- instruct,
- lard,
- lift,
- make an improvement,
- meliorate,
- mend,
- nurture,
- open the eyes,
- prepare,
- promote,
- raise,
- ready,
- rear,
- reeducate,
- refine upon,
- reform,
- school,
- set right,
- sharpen the wits,
- show,
- show how,
- socialize,
- straighten out,
- teach,
- teach a lesson,
- teach the rudiments,
- train,
- transfigure,
- transform,
- tutor,
- upgrade,
- uplift
Words containing 'educate'
- Educated,
- Educating,
- Education,
- Educational,
- Educative,
- Educator,
- Educe,
- Educed,
- Educible,
- Educing,
- educability,
- educable,
- educationally,
- Liberal education,
- Physical education,
- adult education,
- board of education,
- continuing education,
- department of education,
- doctor of education,
- education department,
- education secretary,
- educational activity,
- educational institution,
- educational program,
- elementary education,
- higher education,
- master of education,
- secondary education,
- secretary of education,
- special education,
- vocational education,
- Self-educated,
- co-educate,
- self-education,
- well-educated,
- department of health education and welfare,
- general certificate of secondary education,
- secretary of health education and welfare,
- united nations educational scientific and cultural organization